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A law enforcement unit sits at the entrance to Buford's bar in downtown Austin. Three people are dead and 14 others hospitalized following a possible terrorist shooting. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)

TX bar shooting raises terrorism fears

CK Smith

Authorities say they are reviewing possible ideological ties as victims mourn and the investigation expands

Marisa Abela and Myha’la in "Industry" (Simon Ridgway/HBO)

In "Industry," queerness is capital

Coleman Spilde

The gripping HBO drama is gayer than ever, but don't expect its backstabbing characters to make a fuss about it

James Austin Johnson as Donald Trump  during the “Trump War Address” Cold Open on Saturday, February 28, 2026 (Photo by: Will Heath/NBC)

"SNL" weighs in on Iran strikes

Alex Galbraith

The sketch show offered a rapid response to the U.S. attack on Iran

Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo on stage during the EE BAFTA Film Awards (Stuart Wilson/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

We’re arguing over the wrong words

Melanie McFarland

Assigning guilt over a slur yelled at the British Academy Film Awards ignores the real issues: impact and intent

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A protestor displaying a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on her clothes gestures during a demonstration against the US and Israel attack of Iran and the killing of the Supreme leader. The growing conflict sparks fears of regional war with explosions reported across the Middle East as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles. (OZAN KOSE / Getty Images)

Ayatollah killed, death toll climbs

CK Smith

Three American service members and hundreds of civilians are reported dead amid nonstop strikes and counterstrikes

Three bowls of carrot and orange soup (Enrique Díaz / 7cero / Getty Images)

The tiny season we forget to eat

Ashlie D. Stevens

In the thaw between winter and spring, abundance gives way to overlap — and a different kind of beauty

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - AUGUST 28: U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (C) speaks during a press conference at City Hall following a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic School on August 28, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to Minneapolis Police, a gunman fired through the windows of the Annunciation Church at worshippers sitting in pews during a Catholic school Mass, killing two children and injuring at least 17 others. The gunman reportedly died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images)

Omar to Mace: Stay off X if you're drunk

Alex Galbraith

The Minnesota representative responded to a bigoted post with a bit of advice

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA - SEPTEMBER 24: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Johnny Mercer Theatre on September 24, 2024 in Savannah, Georgia. The former president spoke to attendees on various plans including the tax code, U.S. manufacturing, and future economic opportunities if reelected a second term. Trump continues campaigning around the country ahead of the November 5 presidential election.  (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Trump is swift boating the midterms

Heather Digby Parton

POTUS is considering an executive order declaring a voting emergency. Its main instigator helped sink John Kerry

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Mother-to-be (d3sign via Getty Images)

Trump's pro-birth agenda failing moms

Nicole Karlis

As the Trump admin urges folks to have more kids, new data shows early pregnancy care moving in the wrong direction

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks to the press on Oct. 17, 2025. (Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images)

Special elections spell trouble for GOP

Charlie Hunt - The Conversation

Results from the first 15 months of Trump's reign appear to spell very bad news for the Republicans

Donald Trump at Palm Beach International Airport, Feb. 27, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump's Iran war, and the world's shame

Andrew O'Hehir

Trump's attack on Iran is an act of vanity and desperation, fueled by America's collective moral blindness

Americans react to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran as many Congressional members argue for a war powers vote to keep the White House in check. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)

Congress to challenge Trump on Iran

CK Smith

Lawmakers demand war powers vote arguing the White House bypassed Congress in launching military action in Iran

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Jon Cryer, Molly Ringwald and Andrew McCarthy on set of "Pretty In Pink," 1986. (Paramount/Getty Images)

Justice for the "Pretty in Pink" women

Coleman Spilde

Forty years on, it's time to admit John Hughes' film is worse off for dulling Andie and Iona's shine

Miss Piggy on “The Muppet Show” (Disney/Mitch Haaseth)

Everyone should live like Miss Piggy

Melanie McFarland

Celebrated in a culture that teaches girls to shrink themselves, Miss Piggy has long stood as a glittering rebuttal

Alan Cumming, host of the U.S. version of “The Traitors,” appears against a backdrop of plated smoked salmon, nodding to the show’s unexpected culinary cameo. (Photo illustration by Salon / NBCUniversal / Getty Images)

Salmon is the real Traitors power player

Francesca Giangiulio

On the cutthroat reality show, the players’ favorite breakfast harbors its own secrets

President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Pool photo by Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

Judges: Trump is a threat to rule of law

Garrett Owen

Trump's attempts to impeach two federal judges draws outcry from legal experts

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Iran strikes back after US-Israel missiles hit hundreds of sites within Iran. US-Israel allies in the region, like Bahrain (above), are now short-range targets for Iran's retaliation. (Anadolu / Getty Images)

US-Israel strike Iran for regime change

CK Smith

Trump urges Iranians to rise up as military action deepens regional instability

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem at the Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 2026. Behind her is Border Patrol official Greg Bovino. (Carlos Gonzalez/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Abolish ICE? Absolutely — and DHS too

Mike Lofgren

No reform can fix Trump’s corrupt secret police — and the whole bureaucracy of repression should go as well

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump at the White House, Feb. 13, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images))

Trump’s risky public health charade

Troy Farah

From an imaginary hospital ship to Greenland to a fake new WHO, Trump's health efforts are all for show

Former Treasury Secretary & White House Economic Advisor Larry Summers. (Robin Marchant/Getty Images)

Summers' soft landing after Epstein docs

Yana van der Meulen Rodgers - The Conversation

Harvard is signaling that powerful men can outlast gross misconduct with their honorifics intact

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Linda and Paul McCartney as seen in "Man on the Run" (Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios )

The risky reinvention of Paul McCartney

Kenneth Womack

Filmmaker Morgan Neville explores Paul McCartney’s most human chapter in "Man on the Run"

A seven month-old male macaque monkey named Punch, who was abandoned by his mother shortly after birth (JIJI PRESS / AFP via Getty Images / Japan OUT)

Punch deserves better. And we do too

Andi Zeisler

His viral stardom and the scramble for stuffed orangutans show how quickly — and cravenly — trauma becomes trend

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks to the press after her deposition with the House Oversight Committee as they investigate links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

MAGA undercuts GOP on Hillary

Sophia Tesfaye

How Lauren Boebert and Benny Johnson ruined James Comer’s big shot

Robert De Niro speaks outside of Manhattan Criminal Court during Donald Trump's criminal trial in May 2024 (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

De Niro skewers Trump at SOTU rival

Brian Karem

A National Press Club counter-event highlighted fear — and hope — ahead of the midterms

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